[PATCH 2/2] net/hns3: support backplane media type

Ferruh Yigit ferruh.yigit at xilinx.com
Tue Jun 21 14:57:14 CEST 2022


On 6/11/2022 8:42 AM, Dongdong Liu wrote:
> From: Chengwen Feng<fengchengwen at huawei.com>
> 
> The 802.11 physical PMA sub-layer defines three media: copper, fiber and
> backplane. For PMD, the backplane is similar to the fiber, the main
> differences are that backplane doesn't have optical module.
> 
> Because the interface of firmware fiber is also applicable to the
> backplane, this patch supports the backplane only through simple
> extension.
> 
> Cc:stable at dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chengwen Feng<fengchengwen at huawei.com>
> Signed-off-by: Dongdong Liu<liudongdong3 at huawei.com>

What do you think to document new 'backplane' media type support in 
release notes?


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